Student Counsellor

**Direct Reporting Line**:
Head: Academic Operations

**Vega School** is an educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE). The IIE enjoys the reputation of being at the forefront of private higher education in South Africa and is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) to provide higher education qualifications accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE).

**The IIE Vega, Pretoria Campus has a vacancy for a Student Counsellor.**

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Provision of Student Emotional and Mental Counselling Services**
- Provides annual registration process support specifically relating to the marketing of the Student Counsellor services.
- Provides students with coping techniques and skills to deal with life challenges.
- Receives the signed consent form from the student prior to the commencement of the first counselling session.
- Establishes trustworthy relationships with students that opens channels for communication between the IIE Vega campus and students.
- Establishes a referral network for secondary counselling as the primary counsellor on campus. Refers students to the secondary counsellor on campus in the event of an emergency / conflict of interest / dual relationships.
- Creates awareness campaigns surrounding universal social and emotional issues and sources relevant guest speakers to add value to the campaign and address students on relevant topics.

**Creation, Rollout and Monitoring of Awareness Campaigns**
- In collaboration with the academic, academic operations and student experience teams, sets a bi-annual calendar for the following semester of awareness campaigns to promote and enhance the awareness of mental health challenges.
- Identifies key NGO's / stakeholders, suggests possible campaigns and plans awareness campaigns accordingly.
- Designs, develops, implements and manages awareness programmes and campaigns and includes the student committee in assisting with marketing and creating awareness for these campaigns.

**Planning, Rollout and Monitoring of Community Engagement Programmes**
- Facilitates engagements between the students, staff and Non Government Organisation (NGO's) and identifies opportunities for Community Engagement initiatives.
- In collaboration with the academic, academic operations and student experience teams and the student wellness manager, establish and plans a bi-annual community engagement calendar of events.
- Markets sustainable community engagement outreach programmes and encourages student participation in these programmes.
- Creates awareness amongst students regarding social and environmental issues.
- Manages logistics and implementation plans for the successful rollout of community outreach programmes.
- Empowers students with a sense of citizenship and encourages students to get involved in activities for community engagement projects in their area (e.g. by donating blood, donation drives and outreach projects).
- Co-ordinates communication and visibility of campaigns (including sharing posters on the WhatsApp community groups).
- In collaboration with the student wellness manager, identify beneficiary organisations with students for community outreach programmes.
- Facilitates, drives and organises the National CSI - KHUMO project on campus. Ensure collaboration with Academics, Academic Operations / Student Experience team and students.
- Assist the Student Wellness Manager by identifying a KHUMO school in need and determine the school's needs analysis before the commencement of various projects at a school.
- Manages the KHUMO budget and keeps track / records of the events / involvement with the KHUMO school and tracks
spend allocated and utilised for various projects.

**Student Wellness Administration and Reporting**
- Provides annual registration process support specifically relating to the marketing of the Student Counsellor services.
- Communicates and liaises with students specifically in relation to Student Wellness services available.
- Compiles and submits weekly Student Wellness status and progress reports as well as the weekly Student Activity Report to the National Student Wellness Manager including statistics and details of counselling sessions and referrals. (SAR Report and the Wellness Updates).
- Markets, uploads and maintains a monthly register of workshops and videos regarding awareness campaigns available and in the designated wellness weeks.
- Ensure all marketing material / posters / infographics / videos are approved and available to students prior to the commencement of the initiatives.
- Compiles and submits the necessary reports to the national office and ADvTECH head office as and when required.
- Keeps records of each counselling session and any interventions implemented or recommended and captures notes on the relevant business system (SIS) to track these sessions for reporting purposes and ensure that the maximum number of sessions (6 per student